Telegram-herald., 1887-06-26
THE WATER SPIRIT"
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" Fo~isr asar twenty Fesrs sgo aboas ths
aFigin snd ns4niaz ~ tAs nams Aanlstee.
Cosoasl FoEssr has Hgsd EsF soers of
years shers nov q ghs eisF bg shs lnl.ns
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Isls pass eaancs - isara sonssthins
shsthsf Is BE II history, o. seisnes, o. phil
ssophY, os of lszsnduy lGss. Aad 80 he
sonxht for ths stofY of A4nistse. and shs
Cad l1iiaa n2Frsfsd g something ike this
The 0ssss Water spirit aEsl1 In sczEe bear
ths bed "a ths riysF s0ms niilss xbogs
ne htse iaks ~ "a nloaro, and
ssalio@sd up ~ waters % cool and purify
10 s1DfefEsness hone and then sSaln csst
up - waters some distance Delo<. In
secluded place ia tAe woods the Great
Water spirit had . breathing place and
hsra q efs~ Ia snd changed - ssfes-spirlts
snT moftal thai sa0t.ld iook into the ilaaid
depths 0f the pure NaGeF below. IL - Iar-
t1sf stated that the lsg0rlts d1nKnter Of tae
great ohisl o nsik-4-na, ones she hesli os
al ths axs shore tribes. stopped 20 drink Of
this tempting lountaln, aad sss 90 once
draNn IN an4 adopted BY LAe 1feaz Wafer
sDiris BaE whether the dsoehfeF of ne
dusky chief Nas taken into tae waters OF
not. the river ~as Always held "a mach
ysnsrstl0n - tae sEartag sons 81 tas
forsst.
hsw natural was the origin Of the leg
end Is explained bg Col. fowisr. who
sas the river. twenty years ago. IT =, he
says. the only river / kno. of IN the
World y here ans eoald form and bridge
tne stream over 80 thai trees could grow
upon The 1oat- sOod snd the forest extend
over tne BED Of tne stream as on solid
ground. and yet that was the condition OF
thls river twenty years since. There was
really dozen jDnis over ths bed Of the
river, from ten rods 10 a quarter Of a nlis
lc'ng where hunters could cross among the
trees as In other parts q the forest without
without knowing that saeg were going
over the sater sad IN one large am was
found hole iour feet across. where the
pure. sparkling wafer fourteen lset deep.
reflected the sen a. noon day and the pale
rays OF tho moon at night This
maiden found watery grave.
The Manistee River improvement
Company has nsd these Jams cut out TO
open navigation. boE formerly the poor
Indian could start TO hunt on one side and
soon End himself on the other without
knowing when or where he crossed the
sacred waters. He could see the waters
disappear in the forest and could ind the
river emerging below, but 20 him it was all
could explain IL and so 10 him IL was
Msnistc>. the Great Water Spirit"
AlluFed BY the Water spirit and other
good spirits not Forbidden - prohibition
principles the mea and women OF the
West Michigan Prsss Association 10 the
number Of something Ike one hundred.
went 70 Manistss lass Tuesday TOR
the good spirits there IN large
numbers-in fset. we're met at she depot by
them. welcomed cordially By their chief and
then taken % tkelr homes and adopted as
the Great Water Spirit adopted the daughter
OF O-nek-a-ma The prozrsmms vas
printed IN the TKLEoRss-HEKAfa. and r
was carried out almost literally as pub
lished. bat the printsd programme Il but q
dry skeleton. cold type cannot express the
warmth OF greeting that made the meeting
one OF tae most pieasnrable the Association
ever held. nor the hearty gratitude OF the
members for the courtesieS they received.
The visitors we're first made acquainted
with The enterprising. thriving city itself oy
. tour IN carriages during which the great
salt blocks, the sas-mills and the handsouse
residences were seen, and the practical
machine. invented By 3. G. Thomp-
son. of the Nanistee 4deecafe. were
witnessed. AT the banquet Wednesday
sbout four handred editors, publishers. cit
izsns sues guests set down 20 . royal han
quct furnished by the citizens. Thursday
afternoon the ligsls steamer Adrienne bore
the visitors over the waves to Onekems,
secluded and pretty little notch IN tne
woods dozen niles north OF Manisfee,
where there = good hotel and two min
s-al springs. and where the company en-
ioyssf the corsiial hospitality OF the O1eka-
ma Lumber company. There Was brisk
breeze going and the heaving OF the sea In
clined s0ase Of the v0yagers 10 initiate its
example. bat the wind vas tempered to
the shora lamb.on the return and every
body-excspt enc or two.-had q happy
trip back. They pronounced Cspt. Leighton
a model captain but only few. probably.
knew that the little crsft thai carried
them received her name from Miss
r. Adl1enns Remsuyi Isighfon. the
Captains daughter, who was named by
the famous musician Remengi. from whom
she receives pressn. every year. no matter
in What part OF the world he may be.
ON FRIDAY The hospitality q ths people
Of Frs1kfort VAS excepted and the party
vas cf,nssved over the twenty mDes OF
wa.sr thaf forms the highway from Mans
tes % she mouth of The be.sey river. Fr1g-
id.nee agatn smilesi On the pieasure-ssesers
aiid their seeking VS. not IN vain A vel
eouss and 4 tiinneF-hoth most hsartv-a
drive % ethe prefusst little body of wstsr
ia the world. Crystal lake. visit to the
remarkable mineral aud magnetic foun-
tain. a rev - he Other place8 d interest
saout he bCsutfoi-.ittlr --inc ufing
the historic spos 81 wheFe the beDes of
pare NarQueffa onea laY-nusfc aud
dsacinx. fhl se couarrissd tie entef.alnnlent
a. Frsnkforf. Another brfs< hrsezc srrer
up again during tie afsfnoen aud tha
vhite-caps came roIiinE "a thlcx and fast
Rss,ollerfioi,s of reoeiious sfonsash rs ard
thoughts of uaterv graves nsde mary hos
ststs snd fsv decline - board the steamer
again when the wbisiie blew preparatory %
starting bsrk Bus Or. Beebe, Of Manistee
was present as surgeon general % the mar
ines. and the start was nsde a. 40 D m.
The Tawar proved a stsunch eraN and rude
the seas oeffer than the unorous passen-
xe-s had feared The Captain Is q nstural
sailor. He vas born in sight Ct the wster
--st fi.rsianeburz. - aud hss the nat
ursf instincts of his vocation Hsfsa IL
sle proud of his crals and fnfis pleasure IN
making MS passengers happy. bas attends
strictly 10 business Aud so n scite of the
breeze. tie trip back was pleasant one.
eRreak rsuks march was the orisr ves-
tsrtiaT-uornin<. SoFne ieft the city ss 5.l5
In the rnproinx- bat most 0f the rsrtr -
large chesrs aud a snsl hges snd went
roiilng home.
oE4os kxn s1rez
The z. q. Peters salt block i tie largest
m the world.
Work viii hs begun socn On the test oil
wells st Man stee.
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